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maximolly says:

Unreal: it gets sunny? It only rained when I was in Shanghai. The city looks so different. Where was this taken?
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Joi says:

It was from the window of the JW Marriott.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

bopuc says:

awesome.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

BKMD says:

Looks like a scene from Metropolis. Any PP?
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

.davidr. says:

That's a really great picture. Thank you for sharing it.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Th@fred says:

looks like a postcard from the future to me! nice shot
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

I wish I could put my finger on what's so alien about this cityscape. It's more than just the knob on the top of the building on the left, though that's part of it. Some of it is the green tint added by the window glass, I think.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

bopuc says:

@kylejones: I asked myself the same question, everytime I came back here...

A few thoughts:
- before you focus in on any one thing, the scene itself is quite familiar. Every alien city scene in every scifi movie we've prolly seen looks like this, from BladeRunner to Star Wars. In terms of composition it's a classic, if not cliché shot ("cliché" is of course french for "snapshot")

- yeah the green tint... i think "green smog! failed future!"

- the city extends to the horizon. for someone who lives in places like Shanghai and Tokyo, this is a common view but I can't think of any North American or European cities spread out like this with towers as far as the eye can see. only in movies about the "future"

- the clouds look airbrushed in. Scifi special effect feel, totally.

I love this shot. It's evidence of Gibson's "The future is here, it just isn't evenly distributed." :)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Burnt Pixel says:

The City on the Edge of Tomorrow.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

kylejones says:

@bopuc: Yes, the horizon! Watching the athletics world championships this week, I pointed out to my wife how Osaka just seems to keep going forever in the aerial views. I'd never seen that before or thought I hadn't until you pointed it out in this scene. Seattle certainly isn't like this.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Britty_jp says:

It looks like a city view in Star Trek.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

ComputerHotline says:

Great shot, I've seen it on :
wiki.creativecommons.org/Yahoo_Flickr_CCPlus_ Integration
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

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